Southern Comprehensive Plan
Current
The Participation and Assessment Scheme for the Southern Comprehensive Plan 2025–2029 was available for public review again from 3 September to 5 October 2026. The Participation and Assessment Scheme was first available for public review in April 2026. After this, a need arose to extend the planning area to include the developing Lakalaiva district centre. The City Board decided to extend the planning area and made the Participation and Assessment Scheme available for public review again.
During the public review periods, comments could be submitted on the Participation and Assessment Scheme. A total of six comments were received from private individuals and associations, and 20 requested statements were received from public authorities. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback.
The feedback and the City’s responses to it, together with the report on the planning premises and objectives, will be submitted to the City Board for consideration in autumn 2026. Based on these materials, the City Board will determine how the planning process will proceed. The aim is to make the draft plan and other preparatory materials available for public review in autumn 2027.
Southern Comprehensive Plan area
The planning area of the Southern Comprehensive Plan is located south of the city centre, in the area of the current railway marshalling yard and its immediate surroundings. The area is bordered by Viinikanoja to the north, Automiehenkatu to the south, Lempääläntie to the east, and Hatanpään valtatie and the area around Sarankulmankatu to the west.
The target is a controlled transformation
The comprehensive plan concretizes the existing strategic comprehensive plan. The plan guides the city’s internal growth and reinforces development along the Pirkkala and Vuores tram routes. The comprehensive plan promotes the transformation of the rail yard area and its surroundings into a compact, green, and diverse neighborhood where moving between places is easy. The comprehensive plan ensures the controlled progression of the transformation and guides future detailed planning.
The Comprehensive plan is linked to broader development
The comprehensive plan anticipates a long-term change in which the marshalling yard will be relocated, and the area will be freed up for other uses. The planning responds to the development of the nationally significant southern growth corridor, which is linked to new logistics connections and the development of the rail network. The comprehensive plan is being prepared for Tampere, but
complete transformation of the area is only possible as part of the implementation of a broader regional and national plan. Tampere is initiating “the City Development Programme for the Southern Areas” to support the shared vision and goals of the City Region.
City Development Programme for the Southern Areas (in Finnish)
The short address for this page is tampere.fi/en/southerncomprehensiveplan